Rural editors and the love of money in a political tale
The Brockton Gazette reports a tale where Sam Hale’s New Hampshire majority and a Mount Vesuvius claim vanish into a punchline about money. It notes Butler and Ames courting Congregationalists in Maston and Easton, each offering 2500 dollars, totaling 5000, with little faith in its truth.
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Burlington
Sam Hale
New Stampshire
Montpelier Journal
Mount Vesuvius
48Th Congress
Bill Chandler
Kittery Navy Yard
Sam
New Hampshire
Butler
Ames
Maston
Armes
Village Society
Gen. Butler
Mr. Ames
Congregational Society of
Easton
Brockton Gazette
Republican House strength assessed after election
Special Despatch analyzes the 48th Congress lineup with Judge Poland as a standout minority figure and George D. Robinson urged as potential leader. Robeson’s fading influence, Kasson’s leadership ineptitude, and Keifer’s likely fall from prominence frame a weaker GOP minority and a Democratic resurgence under Hurd while Randall Holman Morrison and Tucker could steer fiscal reform and taxation policy.
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Boston Post
Washington
Judge Poland
House of Representatives
Poland
Robeson
House
Congress
George D. Robinson
Massachusetts
Keifer
Vox Et Praetoria Nihil
Vox
Kasson
Garfield
Blaine
Frye
Conger
Hale
Hurd
Morrison
Carlisle
Randall
Tucker
Holman
Second Order
Appropriations
Morrison Sand Tucker
Ways and Means
P. A. Collins
Geneva Award Court to Hear Test Cases Tomorrow
The Geneva award court will meet tomorrow to hear arguments on important test cases affecting claims to the Geneva award. Test cases were prepared to challenge ship agents as sole representatives of owners in losses, raising questions about distribution to joint owners. The Wisconsin lands dispute involves land entries before a 1881 proclamation and a later restoration. the secretary of the interior directs referals to the board of adjudication. The Postmaster General denies resignation rumors and plans to propose postal reforms, including a postal telegraph system and lower letter rates via stamped envelopes. Cabinet meeting was brief with focus on topics for the president’s annual message rather than changes in New York offices or cabinet rumors.
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Arthur
Chandler
Folger
Judge Volger
Frank Hatton
Watton
Messrs
Brewster
Howe
Teller
Geneva Award Court
New England
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Interior
Mississippi River
Board of Adjudication
New York
Wilmington
Del
Dem
Boston Post
Post
Ephesus
Massachusetts
Maine
Aeee Chandler
Gen. Butler
Daniel W. Voorhees
Indistacwes
Voorhees
Samuel J. Randall
House of Representatives
Washington
Randall
New York Sun
House
Garfield
John Roach
Ciet
Pennsylvania
Congress
Lowell Times
John G. Carlisle
Carlisle
Springfield Republican
Congressman Eaton
Connecticut
Frew
New York Herald
Bostonian Society
Representatives’ Hall
Old State House
Curtis Guild
Samuel Quincy
Society
Stephen de Hlvis
Samuel May
E. J. Thomas
D. G. Wilentt
W. G. Phillaber
W. G. Preston
Samuel Adams Drake
Boston
Toston
Cotton Mather
Royal Exchange
Merchants’ Club
Green Tavern
Drake
Killed in Mill Machinery and Injuries from Workplace Accidents
John Jones a Welchman in a Cape Elizabet rolling mill was killed Monday night after being drawn into cogwheels. William Stover, an Odd Fellow, died from injuries at Ferguson’s printing mill after a flying board incident. Thomas Burt, 12, sustained critical injuries from a reel at Lewiston bleachery. The governor and council meet to tally official state election returns and Bangor residents discuss a new express firm for inland transfers.
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John Jones
Cape Elizabet
William Stover
Fergueson
Thomas Burt
Lewiston
Bangor
United States Circuit Court
Springfield
Ill
James A. Eades
Paris
Danville, Clngy
Ohio River
Minois
Cleveland
Dietrick Stager
William Price
East Tennessee
Knoxee
Turners’ Hall
Pittsburg
United States
England
Harrison
Austin J. Doyle
Chicago
Doye
Chanteau, Harrison & Yale
St. Louis
North Carolina
Bennett
Dockery
Congressional
Mississippi River Investigating Committee
Cairo
Hazelton
Wisconsin
New Orleans
Samuel Kintzer
Cui
Chester County
Jones
Samuel, Jr
William Phelps
Dixon Springs
Francis Bradley
Forest City Iron Works
Jenkins Evans
Gus Hanna
Joseph Sidley
David Jones
John Mueller
William Wilson
John D. Jones
Louis Krause
John Malony
Thomas Jones
Perth Amboy
Charles H. Houghton
Nixon
Houghton
Short session opens as Grafton county supreme court begins
The November term of the New Hampshire Grafton county supreme court opened in Plymouth with Judge Allen presiding and little business expected. Reports of local incidents include a rail depot accident in Concord, a fatality in Lancaster, and burglary cases in Manchester.
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George Clough
Newton Junction
Baker's River Church
Rumney
Supreme Court
Grafton County
Plymouth
Judge Allen
Concord
Lawrence
Hodgdon
William Cowland
North Walpole
Walpole
Lirgdon
Frank Fulford
Lancaster Paper Mills
William Little
Manchester
N. H
D. O. Clement
Warren
Woodstock
Mt. Moosilauke
Kimball Place
Moosilauke River
Walker Brook
Cunningham
Ellery Allbee
Ashuelot Sayings Bank
J. D. Lyman
Tappan
Stanley
North Easton meeting stirs campaign riddle over Ames and Long
Invitations signed by Hon. Oliver Ames lure politicians to Oakes Ames Memorial Hall in North Easton for a partisan yet nonpartisan reception. Gov. Long Gov. elect Butler attend with a long list of notable guests as speakers outline administration and party unity amid speculation on future offices.
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Bellefonte
Democratic County Committee
Gen. Beaver
Oliver Ames
Gen. Butler
Mr. Bishop
North Easton
Oakes Ames
Ames
Boston
Ameses
Gov. Long
Gov
Erect Butler
Henry B. Peirce
Daniel A. Gleason
W. A. Simmons
Charles J. Brooks
W. W. Rice
N. Gifford
John Morrissey
Charles M. Clapp
H. H. Faxon
B. W. Harris
Nathaniel Wales
Joseph Bennett
Charles W. Slack
E. Herbert Clapp
Harmon Hall
W. G. A. Pat
Fitz
B. Phinney
F. A. Hobart
F. D. Allen
Leo Pe Morse
BB. Ingalls
Ishop
New York
A. A. Gilmore
Mr. Ames
Gov.-elect Butler
Memorial Hall
Dooling
Gilmore
Mr. Simmons
Tome
Qlaughter
Commonwealth
Cee
Republican Party
Oakes
Gorong
Democratic Party
Jie
Virgil
Pacific Railroad
Simmons
George A. Marden
Leopold Morse
Morse
National House of Representatives
Long
Senate
State House
William Cogswell
Salem
Edward Avery
Webb
Fall River
Dartmouth Medical School Holds 189? Graduation Exercises
The Dartmouth medical department held its graduation in college church with Blaisdell's orchestra, a sermon by President C. B. Bartlett, and speeches by D. W. Jones and the valedictorian Hilary J. Moore. Degrees conferred on Newell W. Bean, Herman Cooper, A C Cushman, Charles L B Drake, Oliver D Eastman, John A Gregg, H E Jones, E F Lamb, Joseph E Larocque, Charles Larrabee, R B Leach, H R Lowe, A S Marden, Hilary J Moore, E N Mullins, John Nottage, George A Pettigrew, J B Raynes, M F Smith, Caleb Soper, D M Wells, and others. prizes awarded for top exams, with BE Mullins second. The examining committee included doctors from New Hampshire and Vermont medical societies.
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Tianover
N. H
Dartmouth Medical Department
College Church
Blaisdell
C. B. Bartlett
D. W. Jones
M. D
Portsmouth
J. E. Larocque
Hilary J. Moore
Bartlett
P. Frost
Newell W. Bean
Grantham
N. Y
Herman Cooper
Croydon
A.C. Cushman
Bernardston
Mass
Charles LB. Drake
West Lebanon
Oliver D. Eastman
Newbury, Vt
John A. Gregg
Somerville
H. E. Jones
Keene’s Mills
E. F. Lamb
Plymouth
Joseph E. Larocque
St. Johns
Canada
Charles ©. Larrabee
Carroll
R. B. Leach
New Albany
Ind
H. R. Lowe
Worcester
A. S. Marden
MeIndoes
Liberia
Africa
E. N. Mullins
North Londonderry
John Nottage
Nashua
George A. Pettigrew
Ludlow
J. B. Raynes
Lebanon
M. F. Smith
Pittsfield
Caleb Soper
Warrenburg
D. M. Wells
Dedham
BE. N. Mullins
W. Jones
J. R. Kimball
Suncook
New Hampshire State Medical Society
I. C. Butler
Essex
V J
W. Sherwin
Woodstock
The
Vermont Medical Society
Burglary gang tied to Newton thefts nabbed in Boston
Newton and nearby towns suffer a wave of house burglaries. Dority and McCarthy were arrested in Camden and brought to Newton. A key suspect cooperated, leading to recoveries at Endicott Street lodgings and a boarding house. Dority Davie and others are linked to multiple jobs. Samuel Taylor of Newton Centre was rearrested.
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Newton
Dority
McCarthy
Camden
N. J
Lieut
Richardson
Newton Centre
Boston
Endicott Street
M. Hayes
James T. Dority
Charles G. Davie
Salem Street
Elmer
Mr. Sanborn
Samuel Taylor
Michael B. Hayes
Mary Woods
Rayes
R. M. Morse, Jr
West Roxbury
J. S. Tyler
Winchester
Joseph Nicholson
Brookline
Hayes
Cushion carom tournament opens at Marshall’s hall in Boston
Ten contestants from Malden Haverhill Lynn Boston Lowell Fall River Somerville contest for state cushion carom title at W P Marshall’s billiard hall No Lid Sudbury street. Play began Monday with two games daily except Saturday. Prizes range 100 to 10 dollars. Morse and Anderson led in Tuesday’s afternoon match with Morse 150 and Anderson 98 points. Evening bout Marshall edged Foster by 2 points after close play. Afternoon contests today feature Yatter vs Savory and Foster vs Savory.
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W. P. Marshall
Sudbury Street
Moses Yatter
Malden
Fred W. Savory
Haverhill
C. F. Campbell
Lynn
Eugene Foster
John Morse
W. C. Anderson
E. L. Smith
Boston
Frank Barnard
Lowell
J. B. Sullivan
Fall River
Morse
Anderson
E. I. Marshall
Foster
Marshall
Yatter
Savory
Sandsl. M
Several fires scorch depots and farms across New England
Telegraph briefs from Bripecroft Brookfield Station Laconia New Haven Calais Cedars and Malden report multiple blazes. Structures burned include a passenger depot two dwellings and four outbuildings loss estimated around ten thousand dollars at Brookfield Station to two thousand five hundred at the Edward Cushing cargo fire and lighter sums at New Hampton carpenter shop Cedars convent and an unoccupied Maplewood house with varying insurance coverage and possible incendiary causes.
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Burnham Wardwell
Worcester
Spragues
Supreme Court
John Jackson
Easton
Edward Young
Providence and Worcester
Southboro
Edward Burnett
Deerfoot Farm
Fall River
Venner
Arthur Chapman
Arnold Chapman
Easthampton
Williamsburg
New Haven
Westfield
Joseph H. Pearl
Pearson
Anson
Bripecroft
Conn
Brookfield Station
Housatonic Road
Providence
R. I
Barkentine
Edward Cushing
Camden
Pensacola
Laconia
N. H
George R. Downing
New Hampton
Robert W. O Connells
Calais
Samuel Howe
ST. Dominique Station
Que
H. Oliver
Maplewood
Rumors on Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis railroad presidency
Directors of the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis held a meeting in the city. President Pomeroy virtually resigned and it was intimated that E B Phillips has been offered the presidency. an answer is expected today. Directors voted to raise 400000 more to finish the line and improve terminals.
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Louis Olsen
Sophia
Bellevue Hospital
Edward C. Robinson
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Springfield
Paterson
N. J
United States
Mary McGeough
Long Island Railroad
J. L. Oppenheimer
College Point
S. B. Caldwell
Assembly
Henry Kuhn
Brooklyn
George Grover
Kuhn
Grover
Irish National Land League
League
Bartholdi
Eee
Academy of Music
Monument Fund
William
Berlin
Reichstag
Vatican
Prussia
Gray
House of Commons
Lawson
Dillwyn
Trish
Paris
Frentes
M. Tirard
Finance
M. Legrand
Commerce
Joyce
Congo
Ireland
Patrick Joyce
Thomas Casey
Arabi Pasha
London
Times
Germany
Lyons
Toledo
Cincinnati
Pomeroy
Phillips
Harvard University
Charles River
Cambridge
Cambridge Railroad Company
Col. T. Wy. Higginson
Union Railroad
Boston
Higginson
Fox
Norton
Trowbridge
McKenzie
Niles
Gooch and Nichols
Frank Ivers
Bill Actions In Montpelier Reported In Legislature
Montpelier Vermont November 14 The Rutland Trust Co incorporation becomes law without governor signature. Meaker death sentence commutation passes 129 to 35 with many absent. Ely named Wershire awaits governor. Morphine sale ban to be reconsidered. Ways and Means to propose tax on telegraph railroad steamship insurance and financial firms to meet state tax.
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Montpelier
Rutland Trust Company
Almon L. Meaker
Senate
Ely
Wershire
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Union Stone company suit over oil stone holder dispute
In United States circuit court Judge Butler hears Union Stone company of Massachusetts versus Allen & Teter of Philadelphia over alleged infringement of the Brown oil stone holder by the Teter Hand tool for dressing mill stones. Allen & Teter challenge corporate existence and patent novelty, noting prior use. The case tests validity for about 50 similar suits with £200,000 at stake.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Butler
Union Stone Company
Massachusetts
Allen & Teter
Teter
Union Stone Art
Homer Brown
Messrs
Gas Works Subcommittee Probes Gas Trust Expenses
Philadelphia Nov. 14 The sub committee on accounts of the commission on gas works met to determine by what authority the gas trust spent money on lawyers clerks and stenographers to defend itself in recent council investigations. The earlier meeting minutes were shown to be altered and tampered with and the issue was referred to the city solicitor for action.
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Philadelphia
Commission On Gas Works of Councils
Gas Trust
Boston Veteran Firemen's Association Annual Meeting Held
The Boston Veteran Firemen's association met at American House with John M. Clark in chair and William Cherrington officiating for the secretary. Capt. Camrell reported a social, varied reunion program and a midnight social dance with tickets at $1. The treasurer Damrell showed year receipts 706.03 and expenditures 903.56, indebtedness 97.28. New members 21, total 481. Officer slate and nominations were debated, resulting in a final unanimous election of George Chapin as vice president and Camrell as treasurer, with a $1139 contribution for Miles Sampson of Charlestown.
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Boston Veteran Firemen’s Association
American House
John M. Clark
Prince
William Cherrington
John 8. Camrell
Capt. Damrell
Capts. Roberts, Mills and Blake
Joseph Lovett
John S. Camrell
John Prince
James Allen
William Cunningham
William C. Lawrence
Dennis
J. Freeman
Walter Babb
C. H. Blake
William Pray
George W. Downes
Thomas Roberts
Charles Morse
Thomas Walker
Firemen’s Charitable Association
Capts
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Worthington
Pittsfield Journal
Staten Island
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Edward Atkinson
Hoar
Francis A. Walker
Adams
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Don Carlos
Europe
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Thomas Ss. Foote
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Henry Reed
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Ways and Means Committee
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Robert Ingersoll
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Jeannette Board of Inquiry
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Hannah Perry
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Henry Ward Beecher
Barrett
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John R. Howard
Eighth District Committee
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Mexico
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Yankton, D. T
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Charles River Street
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Park Squares
FE. B. Hale
Robert Morseee
Charles River Railroad
G. O. Shattuck
W. H. Marden
L. M. Child
Cambridge and Union Railroad
Mr. Hale
Charles A. Railroad
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Mayor Green Tithe
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Comins School
Mary J. Mahan
Quincy School
Eudora F. Sumner
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Tedford
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Barbara C. Farrington
Bowdoin School
Carrie M. Locke
Chapman School
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Dillaway School
Addie J. Collender
Dorchester Everett
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Mather School
Kin M. Metcalf
Olive Ruggles
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Wells School
Sarah Shaw
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Rice School
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Franklin School
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Lawrence School
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Minot
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Flint
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Pinckney Street
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Henry Hughes
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Fitelburg Wharf
Fitchburg
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Chelsea
John H. Weston
Sacramento
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Court Street
James W. Gardiner
Hannah Calebro
Lewis Street
John Gallagher
Arlington Avenue
Boston and Maine Railroad Company
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph W. Chambers
East Broadway
South
Chambers
W. N. Nay
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Battery Wharf
George Carr
Dedham Street
Union Park
Flora E. Vinal
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William H. Witmore
Common Council
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Harkow
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